STORM MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY COULD IMPACT US RIGHT HERE IN HOUSTON. FIRST, A LOT OF FRAYED NERVES IN THE MANVEL HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY TONIGHT AFTER SEVERAL SCARES. GOOD EVENING. I'M DOMINIQUE SACHSE. BILL IS ON ASSIGNMENT TODAY. FIRST, A TIP THAT A STUDENT HAD A GUN ON CAMPUS PUT THAT SCHOOL IN LOCKDOWN. THEN TWO STUDENTS GOT INTO A FIGHT. ONE STUDENT STABBED THE OTHER TWICE. ALL OF THAT HAD FRIGHTENED STUDENTS MAKING PHONE CALLS TO THEIR PARENTS TO PICK THEM UP EARLY. PHILLIP MENA LIVE AT THAT SCHOOL TONIGHT. A SCARY DAY ON THAT CAMPUS, AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH VIOLENCE. Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY, NO, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME, BUT DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY TODAY'S SCARES PROMPTED THE PARENTS OF 250 STUDENTS TO PULL THEIR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL EARLY TODAY. I FEEL SAFE THAT I'M OUT NOW. Reporter: GIOVANNI SAYS HE CALLED HIS MOTHER TO TAKE HIM OUT OF CLASS FRIDAY AFTER HE SAYS HE WITNESSED ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES STAB ANOTHER IN THE HALLWAY OF MANVEL HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THEY CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL AND GET AN EDUCATION AND THEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS. Reporter: SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE VICTIM WAS STABBED TWICE WITH A PACT KNIFE DURING A FIGHT, ONCE IN THE SHOULDER AND ONCE IN THE LEG. THE ACCUSED STUDENT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY DISTRICT POLICE. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR DOZEN FIGHTS AT MANVEL HIGH SCHOOL DATING BACK TO 2011. NUMBERS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR SIMILAR-SIZED SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. STILL, THAT WAS NO COMFORT FOR PARENTS. IT KIND OF SCARED ME, YES, IT DID. MY HEART IS STILL KIND OF POUNDING. Reporter: BUT EVEN BEFORE THE STABBING, PARENTS WERE ON EDGE BEFORE GETTING WORD THIS MORNING THAT ANOTHER STUDENT MAY HAVE BROUGHT A GUN ON CAMPUS IN A COMPLETELY UNRELATED INCIDENT. THE SCARE PROMPTED A BRIEF LOCKDOWN. THE LOCKDOWN, WHICH LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES, HAS NOW BEEN LIFTED. Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT STUDENTS BEFORE HE COULD ARRIVE AT SCHOOL. NO GUN WAS EVER FOUND. I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY. RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE PLACES THAT WE LEAST EXPECT IT, SO WE JUST NEVER KNOW. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY HE'S GOING HOME FOR THE DAY. Reporter: AND THE BOY WHO WAS STABBED WAS TREATED HERE AND RELEASED TO HIS PARENTS. MEANWHILE, SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY SECURITY WILL BE HEIGHTENED HERE NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY TO FIND OUT IF PARENTS WILL ACTUALLY BRING THEIR KIDS BACK HERE TO SCHOOL. REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN MANVEL, PHILLIP MENA, KPRC LOCAL 2. ALVIN I.S.D. OFFICIALS SAY THE 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENT ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS CLASSMATE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. THAT'S A FELONY. MEANWHILE, NO CHARGES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE STUDENT

MANVEL, Texas -

Alvin Independent School District officials said 250 high school students were pulled out of school early Friday after two disturbing incidents.

According to a district spokesperson, Manvel High School was briefly placed on lockdown Friday morning after school officials got a tip that a student was on campus with a gun.

Alvin ISD police were able to track that student down before he could arrive at school, officials said. He was questioned at his home where no weapon was found.

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District spokesperson Daniel Combs said the student didn't go to school Friday but is not expected to face any charges.

A few hours later, parents were notified once again by school administrators about a completely unrelated incident.

Alvin ISD officials said around lunch time two students got into an argument in the hallway.

The district said a freshman boy pulled out a small pocket knife and stabbed a senior twice -- once in the shoulder and once in the leg.

"(The stabbing) happened six feet in front of me," said freshman Giavani Prince. "(The victim) didn't have a knife. He was saying, 'Fight like a man.' Once it happened, I called my mom and told her to come pick me up. I don't feel safe."

Prince was one of 250 students whose parents picked them up early Friday.

"My heart's still kind of pounding," Prince's mother Greta Pines said after removing her son from school. "I think that is really sad. I had to drop everything I was doing to come over here and try to get him in a safe environment."

Officials said the stabbing victim suffered minor injuries and was treated by paramedics at the school. His parents took him to a doctor for further evaluation.

The district said the accused freshman was taken into custody by Alvin ISD police and charged with aggravated assault.

According to the Texas Education Agency, there were four dozen reported fights at Manvel High School in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years -- numbers not out of the ordinary for similar-sized schools in the area.

"It's crazy," said Tamisha Wiley, another parent who pulled her son out of Manvel High School Friday. "Things are happening in places we least expect it. So we just never know. Better safe than sorry. (My son) is going home for the day."

Alvin ISD officials said in a statement, "There is no reason to believe a safety concern exists. Please be assured we will keep the parents of our students informed should additional information become available. The safety of all students will remain the top priority of Alvin ISD."

District officials added that security at Manvel High School will remain heightened throughout next week.

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